Love is actually governed by chemicals. Here is some info on the main suspects:
Dopamine: this "feel good" chemical makes you happy! Norepinephrine: is the reason for elevated heart rate.
This "love cocktail" of dopamine and norepinephrine is responsible for:
-elation
-intense energy
-sleeplessness
-craving
-loss of appetite
-focused attention
Helen Fisher* notes that men, who are of a "more visual nature" than women, have this cocktail more "readily on hand".
Seratonin: researchers at the University College London found that people in love have lowered levels of seratonin, similar to the seratonin levels characteristic of people with OCD. Perhaps this is why people in loev etnd to "obsess" over their partner. These researchers "also that neural circuits associated with the way we assess others are suppressed."
*A renowned love researcher from Rutgers University
Dopamine: this "feel good" chemical makes you happy!
Norepinephrine: is the reason for elevated heart rate.
This "love cocktail" of dopamine and norepinephrine is responsible for:
-elation
-intense energy
-sleeplessness
-craving
-loss of appetite
-focused attention
Helen Fisher* notes that men, who are of a "more visual nature" than women, have this cocktail more "readily on hand".
Seratonin: researchers at the University College London found that people in love have lowered levels of seratonin, similar to the seratonin levels characteristic of people with OCD. Perhaps this is why people in loev etnd to "obsess" over their partner. These researchers "also that neural circuits associated with the way we assess others are suppressed."
*A renowned love researcher from Rutgers University
http://people.howstuffworks.com/love6.htm